My son Tom taught me a beautiful lesson today. He is three years old and it is amazing hatching him grow up.
He called out to me today saying, “Papa, sit”. That usually means 1everything and going next to him and sitting down to play with him. I did that, as he can be2and will not stop calling out until I 3 He was playing with beads (珠子), pushing a string through them, which is a great exercise to help 4fine motor skills. Then, after he finished playing with the beads, it was time to put them back in the box that they are stored in. I saw him 5 pick up each bead, look at it 6 it were made of chocolate and then placed it into its box.
With over a hundred beads to go, I was getting 7“What a long time it will take! Why cannot he8ten beads in one go and drop them in?” said my anxious mind. I noticed that he did this with as much9 as he had while we were playing. I didn't see any 10between his play and his putting away the toy. Obviously he enjoyed both.
Then it suddenly 11me that this boy was enjoying the whole 12The journey was his goal. For him the13 was in the game and after the game, not just in the fun part. What a great perspective: to live each moment as it is the14moment; to do each task as it is the most awesome task. Nothing else15.
Looking at how 16 my son was putting beads into the box17 me that the process was the goal. The joy of pilgrimage (朝圣) is not in getting there but in every 18of the journey.
This is what living in the NOW is all 19 Tom, my son, was showing me that it was about thoroughly enjoying every moment with 20 love and peace.
